D-Day Veterans return to Normandy 80 years on
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- The length of time since the D-Day Landings in World War Two mean that there are very few military survivors who will be taking part in the 80th anniversary commemorations this week. (Subscribe: bit.ly/C4_News...)
More than 150,000 from the UK, the US, Canada and France took part in what was the largest ever military operation on June 6th, 1944.
Some 30 surviving veterans from the UK have returned to Normandy via a ferry crossing from Portsmouth.
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We owe these men so much.
I know yeah without them Europe wouldn’t be becoming foreign.
Yes they are legends.
I wonder what he says about media wanting to start WW3
@@MP-vc4nuyou mean Putin
@@Beepbeepbeepbe If Trump was president this would of never happened
I get a tear in my eyes every time I see these great men going over for the D DAY memorial week. My own father was there a week after D DAY. Thank you everyone who fought 80 years ago for the freedom of the world. RIP all those who died for the freedom we have today 🙏🙏
My Grandfather was at D-Day landings, he fought for Humanity, in his later years he fought for Palestine and the good Palestinian people. We must stop the genocide. Free Palestine!..
@@LonLon-zu6qo My grandfather served in WW2 as a doctor and he always supported Israel and the Jewish people overthere who were attacked again and again by Arabs who couldn't stand them and even helped Hitler...
@@GingerIndiana then your grandfather was an embarrassment to England and hopefully he shat himself as he breathed his last breath
Cheers lads, you did us proud, I'm so grateful
I know yeah without them Europe wouldn’t be becoming foreign.
My great uncle Jim was a British tank commander during D Day. He was sitting on top of the lead tank with the top hatch open when a German anti aircraft gun, with its barrel lowered, sent a shell directly into the front of his vehicle. He was blown 30 foot in the air suffering extremely bad burns and landed in a ditch. His life was saved when a platoon of African / American soldiers found him later that day. He was so badly burnt and blackened from his injuries that the African American soldiers assumed he was one of their own and he later regained consciousness in an American field hospital! Amazingly he survived and subsequently lived well into his 80’s. Heroes
Well done to the African Americans who saved his life 👍❤️
@@liammorrison209 Those guys undoubtably saved his life and he was forever grateful.
The Greatest Generation.
Absolutely, there will never be another generation like this again
German generation maybe.
My Grandfather was at D-Day landings, he fought for Humanity, in his later years he fought for Palestine and the good Palestinian people. We must stop the genocide. Free Palestine!
They fought against the wrong enemy.
What?! They are murders
It is great to see some of the guys still making the trip over. Thank you all for your service.
I have been in a very teary state leading up to this Ann. Now watching the clips. I am worse
I am Canadian. My Dad landed on Juno Beach that day at the age of 20.
He never talked about it. We watched the specials on TV but he never spoke about it
He had a good life when he came home. Worked hard and had a good life. My parents raised us to be appreciative and strong. We offered to take him to the 50th Ann celebrations but he didn't want to go.
Seeing some of these gentlemen in the beach band their emotions. I understand now.
My Dad lived to be 89 and would have been 100 this past March.
All I can say is....Thank You Dad....Thank you Gentlemen
God bless you all. 😘🇨🇦
And I thank God for your dad, Donna, and all the others like him. You must be so proud of him. Your dad was one of a very, very special generation of men and women, and 'We WILL remember them.' x
My Father and 4 of his brothers were all WW2 veterans. My Dad took part in the invasion of Normandy! He was 23 yrs old at the time. I can't even imagine what was going through his mind that day! Thank God he and his 4 brothers all survived the war and made it home. Tomorrow will be the 80th anniversary of the invasion. Thinking of that I get very emotional! My Father passed away July 17th 2011 at the age of 92. Since then his 4 brothers have all died! I just want to say Love you Dad and miss you very much. Thank you for your service and sacrifice!
We owe these men everything for their bravery and their sacrifices.
I salute every single one of these men, I wouldn't be here without them.
what country are you from? are you jewish?
@@oddity7263why does it matter what religion he is ?
@@Danw91u3vdliy3msbso in correlation to his statement that he "wouldn't be here without them". just a friendly question, he doesn;t have to answer 😊
gives me chills watching these brave veterans
never before in the history of mankind has so much been owed to so few. the greatest generation that has ever seen the light of day is almost gone. i will never forget them and my kids will hear the stories i have heard from them. may they all live forever in the history of the free world. never forgotten, never dying in our racial memory. true heroes all.
The greatest generation ever - can never be replaced ❤❤
The best generation the world has ever seen crossed the channel for our survival god bless them all
Thank you for your service, for being there! And may our honorable dead rest in peace! 🙏
From the USA 🇬🇧🇺🇲
Rosbeef
@@loulouchris1085 All right, Frog?!
@@loulouchris1085it's easy to be disrespectful online pal! You'd get a smack in the mouth disrespecting our boy's like this in person
No one could help being mkved to tears by these remarkable old people❤🥺
History we can never forget
All I can say is thank you. Thank you for my life and freedom. Thank you for the life I have now. My grandad and men like you gave me everything. My grandad was a white cockney for East London and I would not be here if it wasn't for you. God bless
BTW I'm a mixed race lad from London and I'm so proud to be 🏴
These men saved the world when it needed saving. Will a generation save it again? I don’t know.
🤡
My father was parachuted in the night before DDay. His grandson ( who he never met )did two tours in Afghanistan in a combat role as a teenager.So yes the younger generation would and have answered the call.
will the ethnics of Britain die for Britain?
Nope @@molkakaminski
Never
This is so moving. I am dropping a little tear, like the nice gentleman said.
A ship full of Heroes may we never forget the Fallen.
The debt we owe these heroes, who gave everything, to ensure we enjoy the freedoms we enjoy today. You have my total respect and gratitude.
I know yeah without them Europe wouldn’t be becoming foreign.
The freedom to walk around London with a Rolex?
Deepest respects to these courageous heroes and thank you for saving our parents and grandparents here in Europe.
There are not enough words to express how grateful we are.
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AT 56 YR OLD IT ALWAYS BRINGS A TEAR TO MY EYE WHEN I SEE THESE OLD BOYS ! OUR YOUTH HAVE'NT A CLUE HOW GOOD THEY HAVE IT THESE DAYS BECAUSE OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN AND MILLIONS MORE WHO DIED FOR US ? WE SHALL NEVER FORGET GUYS ! GODBLESS 🙏👊🇬🇧
I’m 18 and respect these men fully. I study history and am doing it at university. One must learn history so that it never occurs again!!
God bless you and thankyou for what you all did ❤❤❤❤
I know yeah without them Europe wouldn’t be becoming foreign.
Thank you all from that era.. We all owe you so much , yet you never complain or ask for anything . .. ❤
As a German, I am deeply touched by these images. My family, town, sorroundings lost not only countless lifes in WW1 and WW2 but also took so many... I had relatives that were standing on the other side of those veterans. Sitting here and watching this, in our Europe, our home - is so deeply touching. My deepest respect to those brave men and those who left their lives for freedom. We must defend it at all cost.
We must never forget.
What a world we've wasted. These men are owed so much
Never forget this historic day
Thank y’all for your service. These are real men.
Those brave men. We should never forget.
Their incredible heroism is surpassed only by our even greater debt of gratitude to them.
God bless them all for the sacrifice they made for all of us .
I know yeah without them Europe wouldn’t be becoming foreign.
They died and fought for us. We should remember this. They were a selfless generation. God bless them. 🙏🌺
The greatest generation. Thank you for all your sacrifices. We shall never forget.
And greatest example was set! One we have the opportunity and obligation to set in stone
Heroes ! ❤❤❤❤
It was so moving to see these old soldiers, each with their own personal memories of comrades they lost, and the exspirinces of being in a fierce battle where death could come to you at any moment on that momentous day in history, June 6 1944.
THANK YOU
I am French and I m very grateful for what those guys done for France and Europe, and even if they were not here, I don't forget neither the Russians who paid a huge sacrifice too! and also the poor forced Germans, Romanians, Ukrainians who were forced to fight for the nazis! to all Thanks you and hope war never comes back again , even if we ve never been so close to WW3
Made me think about my Daddy who was in all 5 invasions in Europe.God Bless all of the Veterans❤❤❤
There will never be another generation like them , brave men and women facing the worst things you can imagine and they did it ! Gave the ultimate sacrifice. And for what. Today's generation? The youth of today don't deserve the sacrifice those brave men and women made .
It's possible they are not taught it in schools any more because it might offend ethnic minorities. It should be taught though.
thanks for your service .R.I.P to all who gave their life for the World's Democracy .
God bless the soldiers who decided to fight, even with sacrifice of their lifes, for no tyranny in our Europe. A portuguese family. Respectfully. L+E
These men don’t have PTSD……they have nostalgia
I served 24 yrs and never had ptsd. The term is over used like the race card
@wodens-hitman1552 in combat ????
Hats off to you boys and thankyou .🫡
Unfathomable courage.
We owe them every ounce of gratitude we have.
Thank you ❤
Ignored by the media circus, eighty years ago today Rome was liberated and the British Indian Army was getting stuck in out in Burma. In far worse conditions than Normandy. No media hype for them I’m sad to say. Let’s remember all theatres and a little recognition for them wouldn’t go amiss.
Fergal Keane, hats off for the brilliant work you did for the 14 th Army out East.
Whats also ignored was that the US was able to stage an equally impressive amphibious landing around the same time on the other side of the planet with the invasion of Saipan.
Totally agree and it is awareness like yours that gives those who sacrificed the necessary attention, gratitude and respect they deserve. D-day will always have so much significance in WW2 due to landing in a fully occupied France, that this is always going to be the case hence the amount to attention it receives.
Well said. I will look into all these cases now
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God bless them all. They certainly earned the title of “The Greatest Generation”.🙏🇨🇦
Much respect and a salute to these D-Day veterans. Thank you all.
Thank you for the freedom Sir, Cheers!
Thank you!
My Dad was there.....
You should be proud!
my great grandfather was there, he was a Waffen-SS volunteer and fought against American invaders.
Thank you for your service! God Bless! ❤
Words cannot describe the gratitude I have for these great men
Thank you.
I once saw a TH-cam video of a WW2 vet that knew an American civil war vet when he was a child. To speak to somebody that’s alive today that spoke to a civil war veteran is mind blowing to me.
Respect
God Bless all veterans everywhere. And RIP to those who are waiting for their friends. Never forget. 🙏🇮🇪🏴🙏❤️🫡
So many gave there lives to keep UK a free & democratic country. It must be so sad for those still alive to see what the UK has become & what those brave men did for us. Most of UK now must now be ashamed of what we have now become.
Yeah. It's almost like they fought the wrong enemy..
their*
THANK YOU xx
One day my spirit will rise from grave and the world will see I was right " Based Uncle.
how amazing is Albert
❤ Respect ❤
How sobering it is to hear these men speak. We must not forget them, or we will repeat the horrors they fought so bravely to quell.
We should never forget. Can not imagine what these brave men saw. True heroes. Thank you.
We owe these men so very very very much - bless their hearts ❤
Grazie per aver lottato per me e per aver reso il mio paese
we owe so much
Great heroes ❤
My respects and salutations to the bravery and tenacity of these guys 🫡
The greatest generation, my grandfather was with the 82ABN on D-Day
Thanks men
We need this generation even more now. The last true patriots. Britain has never faced some much danger since those days.
THANK YOU ISN'T ENOUGH. WE SHOULD BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT THEY DID FOR US. ❤😥
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God bless them
I would like to buy each and everyone of these heroes a beer and shake their hand. Different breed of magnificent people then.
Truly humbled watching this.
My Dad was a DDay vet. Lest We Forget! 🌺🇨🇦
The youth of today,must be told about this part of our history!!!
We owe all the freedoms we have today to these brave men. I am 38 years old now, and even now I often imagine what it must have been like to arrive on those beaches on D day. To see your friends and comrades fall, to know you must push on, to know that the future for your grandchildren, and their grandchildren, depended on you that day. How all the Jews trapped in concentration camps depended on you for their futures as well. How I would love to spend hours with them and hear their stories.
We must also make sure that those who fought and those who lost their lives on D day so we can live in freedom and peace did not do so in vain. All talk of a 'world war three' needs to stop, now. We must be better, we must think better and we must do better, for us and for them.
Our greatest generation. The country's in a real mess today and I hate to think what these heroes think of it.
Thank you for helping us
#rip to all 80 years ago and today's and beyond
I’m really looking forward for Woody.EXE to announce his anniversary events and I’ll be at his side on Thursday. The emotions will hit us both hard
Respect it's a shame the country threw it away...
The heroes ❤
We will remember them,our children should all learn about this
So curious if Tik Tok gen shares this video... they should know that our freedom is not for granted, it was paid in blood...
And I wonder when the old generation is going to stop quoting Hollywood movie lines. The D-Day was just a conversion to ease pressure on the advancing Soviet troops in the East. They were just cannon fodder because of a deal between Stalin and Churchill. As a German, they didn’t fight for my freedom but rather the fact that we are now communicating in English with each other.
Thank you for your services, because of your sacrifice, we live now with the freedom. I used to live in France and now in America. God bless all veterans, my dad was one of them! Very proud!
So sad to see that generation going! Those men were heroes and still are. I wonder if we would rise to the occasion? I hope we never have to. They don’t want us to have to. That’s why they did what they did. Remember though the freedom isn’t free.
@2:11 D-Day Vet dancing to “Black Magic Woman”!
Love and respect to all the allied troops!
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"LOOK ARROUND YOU TODAY AND YOU SHALL SEE WHO WAS RIGHT"
such brave young men and women. god bless them all
They will probably be the only elderly generation ever be given the respect and the spotlight for their generations collective sacrifice for humanity.
Glory to the heroes!
Thank you 🙏🏼💛
My grandfather was a German general who notably oversaw the Atlantic Wall. I was in Normandy in June 2015, 2019 and 2024 as well as in Bastogne (Belgium) in December 2019 for the celebrations of these battles. I am always moved to see the veterans of the allied countries. I think this war could have ended sooner if intelligent German officers had shown more courage
GOD BLESS
Hand Salute and thank you.
3:50 the chap on the far left is the same man that did an interview for LAD Bible with a younger generation forces man, really worth a watch!